2019 WARHAWK BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

The Business Plan Competition was the brainchild of Professor William Dougan and was started in the spring of 2007 by a small group of dedicated CEO members with one idea in mind, to push student entrepreneurs forward by providing them with a means to realize their ideas and goals. Now in its twelve year, we as CEO are looking to make The Business Plan Competition as big as possible. The contest is open to students of all majors. At least one person in the team must be a full-time student at UW-Whitewater. The Warhawk Business Plan Competition was originally modeled after the Governor’s Business Plan Competition, where a simple idea is taken and developed into a full business plan by the end of the semester.

* You can submit as many ideas as you like for the first round, however, if more than two of your ideas make it past the second round of judging, you must select only one.

Submit the 250 word abstract to uwwhitewaterceo@gmail.com and cc: geed@uww.edu

Stage Two – full business plan & VIDEO*

Due Date March 15th, 2019 at 5:00pm CST

Stage Two submissions are more definitive of the idea, and should help you refine your concept further.

2-minute Video of Executive Summary. Posted to YouTube.

You will be judged on the following criteria

1) Description of the business2) Marketing3) Finances4) Management

Agenda should include an executive summary, supporting documents, and financial projections. Although there is no single formula for developing a business plan, some elements are common to all business plans. They are summarized in the following outline:

1. The business plans will be limited to 12 pages. Financial Data should follow the text of the plan and be limited to 3 pages. All plans are to be typed, and a minimum of 12-point font. Plans for the final presentation must be bound with a title page including company name and logo.

2. The plans are judged according to viability as an enterprise; originality; market potential; completeness; mechanics; attractiveness as an investment or donation.

3. Applicants are highly encouraged to use software such as LivePlan to aid in the development of their business plan.

They will receive a booth/table along with a monitor (to connect to a laptop or tablet computer) where contestants will discuss their startup idea with an audience from the public and judges if they choose.

Business attire

The judges will be successful entrepreneurs and investors.

Only one team member from the startup organization may pitch

Multiple team members may participate in answering the judges questions

Judges will use the following judging criteria to judge the candidates pitches:

Judges will use a scoring sheet provided by UWW CEO administrative team that will be tallied at the conclusion of each presentation during the Competition.

* University of Wisconsin-Whitewater CEO Faculty advisors may admit applicants to the Warhawk Business Plan competition at their discretion after posted deadlines (e.g. based on in-class performance).

Repeat Pitches: Please note that if a startup/startup idea "places" (receives an award) that startup CANNOT pitch in the same event in the future. The same student could pitch another startup idea. The same startup idea could be pitched again if they did "NOT" place.